Writing
[Books Authored (4)] [Books Edited (10)] [Articles (8)]
Books Authored (4):
How to Eat Your Bible: A Simple Approach to Learning and Loving the Word of God by Nate Pickowicz [January 2021]
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The American Puritans by Dustin Benge, Nate Pickowicz [May 2020]
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Why We're Protestant: An Introduction to the Five Solas of the Reformation by Nate Pickowicz [August 2017]
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Reviving New England: The Key to Revitalizing Post-Christian America by Nate Pickowicz [October 2016]
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Books Edited (10):
John Cotton by Williston Walker (Author), Samuel Whiting (Author), Nate Pickowicz (Editor) [September 2018]
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John Cotton: Patriarch of New England (The American Puritans) by A. W. McClure (Author), Nate Pickowicz (Editor) [July 2019]
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The Life of John Cotton by A. W. McClure (Author), Nate Pickowicz (Editor) [September 2018]
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The Faithful and Wise Servant: Fidelity in Pastoral Ministry by Isaac Smith (Author), Nate Pickowicz (Editor) [October 2019]
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Abel Being Dead Yet Speaketh: The Life of John Cotton by John Norton (Author), Nate Pickowicz (Editor) [September 2018]
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Cottonus Redivivus: The Life of Mr. John Cotton by Cotton Mather (Author), Nate Pickowicz (Editor) [September 2018]
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The Everlasting Gospel (The American Puritans Series) (Volume 3) by Cotton Mather (Author), Nate Pickowicz (Editor) [August 2018]
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Directions for a Candidate of the Ministry (The American Puritans Series) (Volume 2) by Cotton Mather (Author), Nate Pickowicz (Editor) [May 2018]
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Christ the Fountain of Life (The American Puritans Series) (Volume 1) by John Cotton (Author), Nate Pickowicz (Editor), John Manning (Editor) [April 2017]
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Justification By Faith by John Calvin (Author), Nate Pickowicz (Editor) [November 2018]
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Articles (8):
"Unashamed of the Truth" (Tabletalk) by Nate Pickowicz [November 2020] There has not been a more crucial time in recent history when Christians have needed to stand firm in their faith. As culture becomes increasingly antagonistic to Christianity, the temptation for believers is to be ashamed of biblical truth, and even to deny Jesus Christ who is Himself the truth (John 14:6). When Christian truth is unpopular and unappealing, there is immense pressure from the world to compromise our witness. However, we are called not to waver or to fear others but to stand unashamed of Christ. And while many may fall away from the faith, our Lord has a solemn warning for those who would be ashamed of Christ and of His truth. |
"Finding Assurance" (Tabletalk) by Nate Pickowicz [January 2020] In his magisterial history of New England, Magnalia Christi Americana, Cotton Mather notes that, after finishing his time with Mrs. Drake, Thomas Hooker "in a little time... grew famous for his ministerial abilities, but especially for his notable faculty at the wise and fit management of wounded spirits." The Puritan divine who would grow in stature both in England and America started out as a young college graduate called to a seemingly hopeless situation. As would soon become evident, his love for others and his skill in handling the Scriptures aided him in ministering to a woman teetering on the verge of heaven and hell. |
"How to Give God Your Pulpit" (Tabletalk) by Nate Pickowicz [December 2019] The modern pulpit has been hijacked. At many times throughout history, pulpits have been filled with the preaching of the Word of God, but now they are often filled with the shifting opinions of men. The thrust of the problem in much of the preaching we see is the pervasiveness of weightless sermons devoid of biblical truth. Churchgoers are consistently fed a steady diet of junk food, which leaves their souls emaciated. This is a tragic thing. |
"Humility in Ministry" (Tabletalk) by Nate Pickowicz [November 2019] There is a story about a ministry intern who arrived at a local pastor's gathering. Once they were all together and seated, the friends took turns going around the table. The first pastor spoke, "Jim Newton, 80." All the pastors laughed. The next spoke, "Bill Walter, 125." The group laughed again. Next came the intern. Not knowing what to say, he quipped, "Zack Buchanan, 541!" Nobody laughed. What the intern failed to realize was that he had stumbled into an inside joke whereby the pastors would habitually give their name and church size -- a way to poke fun at the usual tendency of competing with each other over ministry success. |
"Who Was Cotton Mather?" (Tabletalk) by Nate Pickowicz [October 2019] At present, one of the most hated people in American church history is Cotton Mather (1663-1728). Vilified for nearly three centuries, he has been portrayed as sinister and bloodthirsty, "the representative of all the hateful features of his time," an "insufferable young prig," "the Salem witch-hanger," having "a crooked and diseased mind." Mather is so infamous, in fact, it would be hard to find a person more hated in all of American history, save his own father. |
"The Two Conversions of John Cotton" (Tabletalk) by Nate Pickowicz [September 2019] The Apostle Paul told the church in Rome that "faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ" (Rom. 10:17). We know from the context that he is making reference to the proclamation of the gospel leading to saving faith in Jesus Christ. In fact, the preaching of the gospel is the single greatest means through which the Holy Spirit brings heart conversion and transformation. However, in the case of John Cotton, hearing gospel preaching did more than convert him to Christ; it also converted him to expositional preaching. |
"The Importance of Christian Biography" (Tabletalk) by Nate Pickowicz [July 2019] The blessings that come from reading Christian biography cannot be fully enumerated or overstated. There is a measure of comfort, joy, and inspiration that comes from beholding the hand of God in the lives of His flawed yet faithful servants. So inspiring are the lives of believers in history, in fact, that even the world often takes note and admires the remarkable fortitude and towering influence of Christian heroes. And while there is tremendous benefit from reading the many secular biographies available, I want to argue for the specific value and practice of Christians writing Christian biographies. |
"Practical Applications of the Doctrine of Justification" (Tabletalk) by Nate Pickowicz [January 2019] The Reformer John Calvin (1509-64) ardently declared the doctrine of justification by faith alone to be "the principle hinge by which [the Christian] religion is supported" (Institutes 3.11.1). Known as the material principle of the sixteenth-century Reformation, the doctrine of justification by faith alone was at the epicenter of the battle to bring needed reform to the church. This biblical doctrine is central to preserving an accurate understanding of the gospel even as we find it so clearly taught in Paul's letters to the churches of Rome and Galatia. |